The monk who sold his Ferrari

Time to read this book again. Robin Sharmas epic book about personal growth really shook me up the first time around, and i hae complete faith that it will again. We have one life to live, lets make the most of it. (Its either that or settle for mediocrity)



And for some karate-twist: Amos sensei have said many times that if we practice something in the wrong way, then it will take many repetitions to "unlearn" this action. I fully believe this to be the case, and urge therefore everyone to look at the fundamentals of what they are doing, and see if they are sound. If not, then maybe change em? I know i will.

Economy-issues

As most people may have noticed, the icelandic economy is in a bit of a pickle.... I will not pretend to be understanding the whys and hows, but it sure makes it less fun to be shopping when the krona is getting less and less worth in relation to the €/$/£ or the cool original krona... (norwegian currency... ;) )

My friends will probably suggest that i like electronic gadgets and buying them in foreignia always was the way to go. As of now though, i will settle for posting my frustrations here and wait for things to recover, so that i eventually may shop again.

:)

And if Santa reads my blog (hihi)...... here is my list of planned purchases:

Hirota #163 custom karate-suit
Ear Force X4 headphones for my Xbox 360
Red 2 GB Ipod Shuffle for working out
Ipod Classic for the car
Flip Mino HD with custom faceplate
Logitech Harmony 1000 remote
24" monitor for my PC
Smallish but powerful laptop
42" LCD with wall-mount

Some of these does seem a bit overzealous, i agree, but a new karate-suit and the X4 headset seems very important. I need to find a way of getting those here in not too long.

Proof that karate works....

As is evident; When people train karate, they get way fitter. Good job.

:-)

Geirrun told me to post this this pic on my blog....

What, you want proof? Ok, below is a direct quote:

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Geirrún - says (22:26):
come on, post it on your blog!
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Done :-)

Fitness

How fit is fit enough? Good question, i suppose, and one that each for himself must make up his own mind about.

That said; I think people who aspire to be good at karate (or just concerned bout your health) should strive for an above average level of fitness. Which in turn means that being totally winded from doing 5 minutes of jogging or only being able to do 2.5 pushups and 7 situps is not really great....

I stumbled over a couple of webpages that will over the course of the next 6 months cut my weight to a level it has not been at since 1992...

Physicsdiet (link on the right) keeps me aware of how much i eat because i log my weight there every morning. Been doing this for 3 weeks now and although i still eat lots of "bad" food, i am totally in the process of getting to my goalweight in time. The most interesting thing for me is that its scientific in its approach and it will log trends way before we see them in the mirror. Feel free to keep track of my progress http://physicsdiet.com/Public.aspx?u=Einar

Another web i have found inspirational is this: http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_loss.php Coupled with the data one gets from physicsdiet.com the three weightloss calculators on this page really helped me to make a plan.

For those that like me struggle with a few extra kilos, i recommend testing this. Get a decent quality scale that also records your % of fat and start logging. I am convinced you will start moving towards your happy-weight faster than you think. (And although this post was mainly on weightloss; physicsdiet can ofcourse also be used to keep track of gaining weight)

:-)

Pushups... Challenge.... :-)

I have decided to follow this program and see what kind of results i can get in 6-8 weeks. Wanna join me and compare notes on our progress? :-)

Three times a week aint all that big of a commitment, and i think pushups is a good excercise for general strengthening of parts of the body we do not train enough in "regular" karate-classes. (Not in mine anyway, since i am more into the "three k's")

And for the sake of some peer pressure; my initial test ended at 22 good-form pushups. (yeah, i can fake 70 bad ones, but lets be honest with ourselves and see what happens over the course of the program)

hundredpushups.com

:-)

Google Browser!!

WOHOOO!!!! Apparently Google is gonna release a new internet-browser....
And judging by how much i like Gmail, Google Earth, Google Search and so on....

:3D

Look out for the Google Chrome Beta. :-p